Cortical activation during menopausal hot flashes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 674-678

  Freedman, Robert R ^a   Benton, Mark D ^a   Genik II, Richard J ^a   Graydon, Francis X ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Hot flash; Insula; Menopause; Sweating; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSULA; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GYRUS CINGULI; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEATING;

EID: 32944474705     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.026     Document Type: Article

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